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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near Little Lake in CA


Earthquake location 35.9280014S, -117.706337WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Little Lake in CA. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 13:06:55 / July 6, 2019 @ 1:06 pm. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:06:55 / 5:06 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: ci38463551, us70004cmp. Unique identifier: ci38463551. Exact location of earthquake, -117.706337° West, 35.9280014° North, depth 1.53 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 1.53 km (1 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Earthquake epicenter was 34 km (21 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was California City, Alta Sierra, Ridgecrest.

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three hundred and fifty-five, in the last 10 days four hundred and sixty-six, in the past 30 days four hundred and sixty-seven and in the last 365 days four hundred and eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 18 km E of Little Lake, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -117.706337° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.9280014° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 1.53 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 18km E of Little Lake, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-07-06 13:06:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-07-07 01:09:19 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 7 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 5.56 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 314 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network ci The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,ci,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 54 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.08527 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.19 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 40 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mw The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID ci38463551 Id of event.
Event Code 38463551 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci38463551,us70004cmp, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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